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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-30
We DEFY Honest Competition
STAPLE GOODS.
WHITE GOODS.

500 pces Victoria White avn, per yd 5
300 :" fine, SO
200 " =" very fine" 10
100 pieces Checked NsInsook, fine, 5
40 pieces Table Damask, half bleached, " 20
~ pieces Tab Damask, blcached 40
10 pieces Gu cain Screen, per yard 800. 10
10 pieces Curtain Screen, fancy, per yard 10
800 dozen Fancy Towels, each. ...... %
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-30
WASH DRESS GOODS.
FANCY DRESS GOODS.

French Ssteen, yer yard. ............ go
Fancy Striped Dress Goods, per yard. 20
Nuns Yelling, all wool, 20
Fancy French Cashmere, ..... 40
White Embroidered Dress in Boxes, piece l 80
Fancy Dresses in Boxes, per peiCe........ p
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-30

Grand concert at Mission garden to-
morrow, Admission free. 4-30-lt
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the stream, was dry as was the space be-
twesn the lower end of Goat Island, and
out beyond the tower. The rocks thus ex
posed were black and forbidding, giving the
DIV river bed the appearance of track of
charred stumps. The Three Sisters looked
forlorn in their enhanced dimensions. The
great let of water which had, from time out
of mind, leaped into the air about 800 hun
dred yards south of this group of islands
in the great rapids, and which is leaping
there to-day was not leaping that morn
ing, and, as some one remarked that day,
the tremendous roar of Niagara had sub
sided to moan.
The scene was at once desolate strange
and awful to contemplate. The whole
village was out exploring caves, dark re-
cesses, curious formations il the rocks, and
other remarkable features of the cataract
and rapids that no mortal eye had probably
ever gazed upon before. These explora-
tons were made safely to the very brink of
Horseshoe Rapids. A Mr.. Holly drove a
horse and buggy from the head OF Goat
Island clear to the spot where the leaping
jet of water had always writhed and
foamed. He also cut several sticks Of tim
Der near the brink of Horseshoe Falls, had
them hewed there, aud hauled them far
away with four horses. These sticks-they
were large, fine timbers-are in the frame
of some house at the falls now. This re-
markable condition of affairs at the cataract
continued all day, and showed no sign of
change when the people went to bed that
night. When they arose in the morning,
however, the old familiar thunder of the
falls was again shaking the earth as before.
and the river and rapids were again the
seething Yhirling. irresistible torrent of
old. The ice in the lake had shifted again,
and some time in the night the long
restrained volume of water had rushed
down and claimed its own.-Boston Tran
scrinf
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Ho,, 10 Avoid Pains ana Aches.

The pursuit OF the dollar is responsible
for the wreck Of countless lives. 1t makes
young men old and adds physical debility
to the sorrows of old age. In the unceas-
ing effort to obtain riches, the best objects
of human existence are driven outof sight.
Families are neglected and the pleasures of
home left untasted. In England the prince
merchant is content with what is gained by
few hours at the desk. The rest of his
time is given to such enjoyments as his
means may permit. He is enthusiastically
devoted to his family, and in old age is as
jolly as sand-boy sleeps well, eats almost
too well. and is comparatively free from
pains and aches. 1t is a fact that thousands
of our wealthiest merchants, in their pros
perity, work as hard as theydid when com
meacing life Custom has grown into habit,
and things without interest from the bust
ness point of view have no flavor. So long
as good health remains such slavery has its
compensations but. when the physical and
mental condition will stand the strain no
longer, the way to the end is gloomy and
wretched, the pains and aches arising from
persistent oyerwork embitteriDg every mo-
ment TO the last. To prevent this inevitable
consequence men should be satisfied with
reasonable prosperity, and SO live that their
bodies and brains may be maintained in
sound condition from the beginning to the
end of well spent lives.-George Henry Bas-
set in Herald OF HEALTH
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When NIAGARA was DRY.

The winter of 1913 had been one of the
coolest on record, and such ice hasnever been
known on Lake Erie since as formed that
season. It was of enormous thickness. 1t
was quite late in the spring before the ice
was loosened, even about the shores OF the
lake One day, near the end of April, a
very stiff northeasterly wind came up, and
its force was so great that it moved the great
fields of ice-then entirely separated from
the shores-up the lake, piling the foes IN
great banks as they moved. The sight OF
those ice banks is described yet by those
who witnessed ii as one of most awful
grandeur. Toward night the wind changed
suddenly to the opposite quarter, and grew
into terrible gale from that direction,
The lakes surface was packed with minia-
ture icebergs, and these were hurled back
by the gale with such tremendous force
that an impenetrabie dam was formed in
the neck of the lake from which Niagara
river flows, and the great current of water
which finds its way from the lake IN the
rushing channel of that stream, TO be
dashed over the gigantic precipice at the
falls was so held in check that not more
than one-quarter of its usual volume could
find passage through the immense pack
of ice. As this pack was stubborn, ii was
naturally but a short time before the falls
had drained nearly all the water out of the
river. This, of course, occurred during the
night, and people who lived in Niagara
village knew nothing of the phenomenon
until next morning, when the NOISE of the
cataract was almost missing. The Ameri-
can channel had almost dwindled to a
creek in mparison with its original pro-
portions, while the British channel resem-
bled some ordinary river in the droughts
of August. Goat Island was as big as two
Goat Islands. as the water bad shrunk
from every side, leaving q wide expanse of
wet, Shiny, Jagged rocks, which no eye in
that vicinity had ever seen before The
bed of the Canadian Rapids, far out into
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PEOPLE WHO PLAY POKER.
A Great Bluff Game in Utah Between a
Miner and a Gambler.

' saw a poker game once that / will
never forget" said JEFF Hawking. " 1t was
in Park City, Utah, in 1865, when the min
ing boom in the Mormon Territory was
at its hight. One night / dropped into
Towards Place to see friend, and while
standing atthe bar my attention was drawn
to a remote corner of the room by crowd
of men who seemed to be very much inter
ested in something there The barkeeper
told me that Digger Mike and Frank
Payton, miner and gambler, were play
ing poker, and, knowing both men well,
] concluded that I'd watch them a few
minutes. So walked over to the corner,
and took up a position where / could see
the players Digger had five or six
stacks OF checks and big pile OF bags con-
tanning gold dust, in all about $4,000 in
front of him, while Payton had about ST.
000 Both men played cautiously for a
while, until there was a jackpot, which
8 Digger opened with a bag of his gold
dust. Payton staid and raised him $3.50.
which the Digger saw and went him
$500 lin gold DUST better Payton just
called this, and then skinned his hand and
asked for one card. Digger dealt it to
him, and then threw $500 of his dust into
the pot, remarking, l don't want any
Payton skinned his hand again, and,
alter going through Inc USUAL lnOLlOuS OI
looking at his antagonist for a few min
utes, he saw the $3.50 and went it $500
harder. Digger was more prompt in rails
ing this four bags of dust, and Payton even
more promptly saw the raise and went it
81, 900 better. Neither man was the least
bit nervous according TO all outward signs,
though each had all his earthly posses
sions in front of him and in the pot.
They continued to raise each other as they
made bet after bet, until the Digger shouted
for show down, saying be couldn't call
another cent. Both hands went down on
The board at the same moment. and then
Payton reached over and began to scoop
in the gold dust and checks. He had a pair
of fours, while Digger had been blutfing on
a keller. l didn't think you had nerve
enough to follow me, Frank was all he
said as he got up from the table to leave
the place to go back to the diggings- to toll
for more gold dust. The sequel of the
game is interesting. Payton left the
saloon, too, after disposing of his winnings
to his satisfaction, and that was the last
time be was seen until his body was
picked up week or two later in ravine
about q mile from Towards. His skull
was crushed and his money all gone,
showing that be had fallen victim to
somebody's cupidity. His murderer was
never discovered
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OVERCOMING POISONOUS GASES.
Look Out for Your Drain Pipes Leading
Into the House and Cleanse Them.

Look Out for Your Drain Pipes Leading
Into the House and Cleanse Them.
Not long ago a lady in this city did her
own kitchen work for a fortnight during
the temporary absence of the girl. Shortly
afterward she sickened, and finally died,
and it was said from good authority that
her death resulted from poisonous inhala-
tons from the kitchen waste-pipe during
those two short weeks. 1t does not neces-
sarily follow that any one else would have
received sufficient poison TO cause death in
that length of time. Many persons are
more susceptible than others, and there are
times when the physical system is debilita-
ted and incapable of throwing off disease.
But it is an indisputed fact that sewer gas
whether from a street-sewer, water closet
drain or a kitchen waste-pipe-if inhaled
to any great extent will produce disease
and death. The plumber who cited this
case said there was but one remedy
Disinfectants, so-called, will not reach
the bottom at all. Hot soap-suds, while
they cleanse the surface do not pene-
trate to the seat of the trouble
and the poison is still pervadiDg the entire
house. The simple cure is concentrated
I've. Open can at the soft end, immerse
it in a Kettle of water (about gallon) and
boil until the contents are entirely dis
solved. Then, while boiling het, pour it
into the corners and down the waste-p pipe
OF the sink. The effect is almost magical.
The clearness of the atmosphere will be
felt imm ediately. / know OF one instance
bearing on this subject which l will men,
ton. A girl working for family living in
one-story cottage had frequent headaches
of very obstinate character, so much SO
that she would be sick in bed for g day at
time. She was also annoyed with nose
bleed quite as often. A reliable physician
prescribed for her, but the relief was very
slight. There had been q very disagreeable
smell from the sink for some time, and
everything had been done that could be
thought of to purify it, but without
avail, until the lady was told to
try concentrated I've. The drain
from the sink was an old-fashioned
wooden spout. When the hot lye was
poured down it combined with the grease
adhering to the spout and formed strings of
soft soap at the outlet. This proves how
great must have been the accumulation of
grease and how Intellectual all egencies
OF less strength would have BEEN The
aim in this instance was to get rid of the
offensive smell, not thinking the evil had
existed to such an extent as to cause any
ailment to any member of the household.
But in four or five weeks il came to mind
that the girl had not had a moments sick
ness since, aud the lady fully believes that
had the poison continued its work it would
have cost that girl her life, and there is no
telling how many more fatalities. The
plumber above mentioned recommended
that the I've be used every few weeks.
would urge the great necessity for it during
the season of closed doors and windows,
when one is apt TO shrink from contact
with the outside air.-N Y Star.
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unsound fermentation in the bottles, as
thew still contain germ food, and possibly
germs of all kinds. All this is done away
with by pasteurizing. without the need OF
salicylic acid and without injury to the
wine.
I believe that when these matters are
fully understood by our winemakers and
shippers, the pasteurizing of wines before
shipment will become the rule instead OF
the exception. A prudent shipper dealing
with valuable wines, of the perfect sound
ness of which he has the slightest doubt,
will not ieopardize his pecuniary interest
and his reputation by emitting SO simple
and inexpensive means of insuring their
perfect safety. Wines made with all proper
precautions may still go, unscathed, as they
come from the storage casks, but even the
additional age impaired by Pasteur' 3
graded and valued, generally pay for the
iafor iuvolved
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The Farmers of America.

Very few people appreciate the import
ance of the American farming inter ests,
was an important fact recently stated by
the editor of the Herald, of this city. We
hear, he added, the everlasting hum of our
manufactures night and day, and every
orator who talks about the splendor of this
country refers in the most glowing Ian
guage to our workshops, and mills, and
looms, and FORCES and trip hammers. But
the farmer is seldom heard of. He sits
quietly in the background by the side of
his pillow and thrashing machine, as though
he were of little account.
We can easily recognize his value to the
nation, however, by a few figures which
may startle our readers, unless they have
already looked into the subject with some
care. OF our entire exports 81 per cent
comes from the ground and from mines,
forests and fisheries, whole only 10 per
cent. is the product of machinery The
cotton of the South and the grain of the
West hold dual control over our national
prosperity. One keeps the spindles of
England busy, and the other feeds the
world. Europe has, therefore, almost as
much interest in the products of American
soil as we have ourselves. A loss of these
two crops for single season would create
a panic throughout the civilized world.
There are in America over 4,oe0, 900
farms, large and small. They cover nearly
300,000,000 acres of improved land, and
their total value is something like $4,000
100000. These figures are not, of course,
comprehensive. They simply convey the
idea of vastness of area and equal vastness
of importance. The estimated value of
the yearly product of these farms is be-
tween 81 600, 100000 and So, 00O, 100000.
therefore, has much 10 de with the pros
perity and happiness of the nation What
helps the farmer helps all, and what hurts
him hurts us all. His well-tilled acres are
the heart of the republic, and each pulse
drives the product of the country into
every market on the planet. Foreign Trade
Gazette N. Y.
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kindness as an Investment.

There is nothing worse for domestic an
imals than to scare them half to death.
Fright uses up the vital forces more than
work, more than the growth of flesh or fat,
more than anything else, unless il is per-
sistent starvation.
We have had two men working for Us
wi b teams, on the same farm at the same
time. One would take his horses from the
stable when they had been refreshed by a
few days rest, and were feeling well, and
because they were pretty risky while they
were beng harnessed, and the of horse
did not keep the furrow well at the
first send off, would get out of patience and
veil at his team till finally they would
break into trot, when he would throw the
pillow to the full depth into the first hum
mock be could find. bring the team to full
stop, and by this time they would be well
in a lather," and quivering with excite
ment. After he had yelled for few min
utes, and lhe horses had become fully
frightened, they had used up enough
strength to move the plow for an hour.
The other man knew better. When he
observed, while " hitching up" that the
horses heads were carried high. and that
they were feeling first rate, he would say to
himself: There is a good head of steam
on to-day, and / shall be able to get good
days work out of these fellows if / save it
all to be used to the best advantage"
Therefore he would speak in as quiet tone
as possible, would move gently about, and
aim TO get his team afield without any
rumpus or excitement, and would bear
with few irregularities, such as getting
out Of the furrow and pulling by fits and
starts q few times. The consequence
would be that when they were warmed up
to their work, they would move on
smoothly and at the same time quicl ~ and
at the end of an hour there would be a
row Of nice fresh burrows to show as an
equivalent for the steam" the other man
had used up in mere fret and fume and
worry and passion.
As it is with larger animals, so it is true
of fowls; If you al all times exercise kind
ness towards them, they will doubly repay
you for all your care and kind attention.
A-ue--rrr1 pf7ftifr1g Yard
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why ratti Huggea Her husband.

After the noise incident upon Guille's
performance had quieted down, Nine. Patti
appeared, and this was the signal for per-
feet tumult, the audience acting as if en-
deayoring to make up for their half hearted
reception on Friday. The clapping of
hands, "viyas" and brayas" seemed never
to want to subside, and flowers fairly
rained down on the stage. Patti was evil
IDENTIFY delighted with her reception. She
smiled and bowed in a way which showed
how much she appreciated her welcome,
and her eyes fairly sparkled. When the
demonstration finally subsidized somewhat,
"Ahl Fore Lui. one ofthe most beautiful
selections from "Traviata,'' was given by
the singer in strong, yet inexpressibly
sweet and pleasing voice. She seemed TO
be returning thanks to that vast assemblage
before the footlights for their Welcome
yet in such light, airy and withal pleas
ing way that it was delightful to receive
the gratitude so irresistibly rendered.
Suddenly there broke from the wings a
rich, clear tenor voice, which sang in duet
with Patti until the finish, when the house
fairly trembled with the plaudits of the
audience, and the duet had to be given
over again for an encore. Everybody, of
course, supposed that the voice behind the
scenes was that of Guile, and had they
been told that It was Nlcolinl, Nine. PATHS
husband, they would have been considera-
bly, surprised, for the impression has gone
out that Nicolini's voice is gone, whereas
the voice which accompanied Patti was
strong and clear. The fair diva was as
much surprised when she recognized the
voice as the audience could possibly have
been had they known whose it was, as she
knew nothing of Nicolini having arranged
with Guile. for whom it was cast, 10 take
the part Especially wasit unexpected to
her, as she knew that Nicolini had not
tried his voice for two months. Those who
watched PATHS face closely might have
seen how thoroughly pleased she was at
this point. She turned to the scenes,
smiled roguishly, and at the end of the
song ran with extended arms behind the
flies to give the to-be-envied Nicolini good
old-fashioned hug. City Of Merico Ttco Re
pu5iics,
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DISCOVERY OF NATURAL GAS.
1t Was Known to the Chinese First-Its
History in America.

History in America.
Charles A. Ashburner, geologist, deliv-
cred an address recently before the Frank
lin Institute on Natural Gas, says Brad
streets. "Gas was known in the province
Tsien Lun Using, China Wells have been
in existence there, drilled some three
thousand feet deep, and the gas was con-
veyed through bamboo pipes and burned
in clay burners. In this country, in 1775.
Washington set apart square mile of
territory in Kanawha valley, Virginia, in
which was burning spring which he
decided to the public forever. His purpose.
however, was defeated. The first record of
natural gas in use was in the village of FIRE.
donia, n Y, some forty miles south of
Buffalo, where so burners were supplied
with gas and illuminated the inn when
General Lafayette passed the village in
1924. Gas was known in Pennsylvania
since the earliest development of the oil
regions in 1859. Since this date and until
1881 many gas wells were obtained, under
varying pressures. In the vicinity of VIII
cox, 100 miles east OF Erie, well was
drilled in 1865, from which large
flows of gas occurred under q pres
sure of six hundred pounds to the
square inch. Until 1881 the only use made
of the natural gas was for local illumina-
lions, for local fuel, and for the manufact-
ure of high-grade lampblack. Ninety
nine per cent. OF the gas in the past was
absolute waste. since it was permitted to
escape without utilization. 1t is impossi-
BILE to get at the exact loss, but approx
mately it can be said with truth that within
the last two decades the amount lost has
been equivalent to 100 600, 600 tons of coal.
which is the present total yearly production
of the United States, or . little more than
the entire production Of the Pennsylvania
coal fields for two years. This waste was
due solely to the fact that there was no
methsd invented for the reduction of the
great pressures, ranging from two hundred
to six hundred pounds to the square inch,
under which the gas comes from the wells
to the requisite pressures of one pound for
the mills and two or three ounces for do
nestle purposes. The different rocks that
have yielded gas in Pennsylvania are con-
fined exclusively to the Deyonian forma-
| ton and the carboniferous rocks" Mr..
Ashburner stated that the occurrence of
gas had no connection with the occurrence
| of coal
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fFor the REocRD-UMoN.l
JENNIE, ON THE BANKS OF BONNIE
doom.


One year ago left her side,
With many promise 10 return full soon,
And claim her as my own dear bride,
Fair Jennie, on the banks of Bonnie Doom.
The hawthorn's breath perfumed the air,
The river glowed beneath the moon;
The world to me seemed doubly fair,
With Jennie, on the banks OF Bonnie Doom.
sailed across the ocean wide,
built a home beneath the skies of June;
But through each passing day sighed
For Jennie, on the banks OF Bonnie Doom.
But many letters come to me,
l read them Der ct eve, at morn, and noon,
They tell of friends across the sea,
And Jennie on the banks of Bonnie Doom.
know she keeps faithful heart,
And shall see her lovely face full soon,
And when we meet, no more PlI part
From Jennie, on the banks of Bonnie Doom.
r. j. RICHARDS.
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HAWKS. Owls AND GAME BIRDs.-Dsniel
Steck. of Harrisburg, Pa, writes of the
effect of the scalp law on the game supply !:
Poultry was never so plentiful and cheap
in Williamsport as during the present sea-
son. and greater quantities were sent to
distant markets than ever before. Game
was never more abundant in the history of
the county. The cause is of course attrib-
uted to the destruction of owls, foxes and
mink during the winter Of 1885 and 1886
If each of the /, 200 animals killed had de-
stroyed during the whole season but a
single brood of pheasants, brace or two
of rabbits and as many chickens and tur-
KEYS, the amount would have been enor-
nous vet it would be an insignificant
amount of food for each animal to con-
sumo in a whole year. The writer has
known a single pair of minks to destroy
twenty seven half-grown chickens in one
night. A single dealer in poultry and game
in the city Of Williamsport reports having
handled the present season 2, 700 phessants.
not quite so many rabbits, because every
marketman that backed his wagon to the
curb dispensed the cottontails With lib
eral hand, n-Forest and Stream.